Jailing innocent Crimean Tatars to insanely huge terms: a how-to guide from Russia
16 August 2021. More than 150 people have gone all the way from occupied Crimea to Rostov-on-Don in…
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News about Ukrainian political prisoners and hostages.
Putin’s Hostages, documentary about Ukrainian political prisoners of the Kremlin, available online
Euromaidan Press is making the documentary Putin’s Hostages: Ukrainian political prisoners of the Kremlin, freely available online. The…
Painkillers instead of hospital: Russia’s torture of critically-ill Crimean Tatar political prisoners continues unabated
Contents Medzhyt AbdurakhmanovServet GazievZekiria MuratovWhat do these cases have in common? Why does Russia liken Crimean Tatars to…
Russia tried to break the Crimean Tatars. Their non-violent resistance only grew stronger.
Since the beginning of the occupation of Crimea, it were the Crimean Tatars who suffered the brunt of…
“Hell. Despair. The feeling of absurdity.” Ukrainian journalist jailed in occupied Crimea describes FSB torture in harrowing letters
Who is Vladyslav Yesypenko? Vladyslav Yesypenko comes from Kryvyi Rih, a city in central Ukraine. A year before…
“I do not want my children to live in a country of terror.” Four inspiring letters from Crimean Tatar political prisoners not broken by Russia
Since the annexation of Crimea in 2014, the Russian occupation authorities have established a highly repressive regime on…
Russia’s vile attempts to discredit the Crimean Tatars must not be kept silent
After the occupation of Crimea in 2014, Russian authorities launched a wave of raids and searches in Crimean…
Russian prison system is a ticking time bomb for health of a Crimean Tatar
On 12 October 2016, Kamenka and Strohanovka districts of Simferopol city in Crimea saw arbitrary mass searches in…
Being yourself is not a crime: look into the eyes of kids of Crimean Tatar political prisoners jailed by Russia
Childhood is a time of brightest memories, which you remember for the rest of your life. The childhoods…
Pull off a kangaroo court in five easy steps: a how-to guide from Russia
Do you need to jail a political opponent? Demonize an entire ethnicity for geopolitical benefits? Look no further,…
Photo project spotlights Crimean Tatar kids born after their fathers’ unlawful arrests by Russian occupation authorities
2021 marked the seventh anniversary of the Russian occupation of the part of sovereign Ukrainian territory, the Crimean…
Forgotten political prisoners of the Kremlin have hopes for Blinken’s visit to Ukraine
The Kremlin’s Ukrainian political prisoners in Crimea are left to the mercy of fate. The issues of the…
(No) right to a fair trial, or a manual to Russia’s conveyor of repressions in Crimea
Seven years ago, Russian Special Operations Forces with no badges yet equipped with Russian weapons took over a…
Constructing the terror: Russia’s forged cases of “Ukrainian extremism”
The “spies” and the “terrorists” In late March this year, the Military Court in the city of Rostov-on-Don…
Ukrainian ex-Kremlin hostages launch platform to free political prisoners held by Russia
Russia’s seven-year hybrid war against Ukraine has resulted in not only the seizure of Crimea and eastern Ukraine…
Russia comes for Crimean Tatars in occupied Crimea once again
During the search. Photos: Crimean Solidarity Six Crimean Tatars arrested in raids committed by Russian law enforcement in…
Words of freedom: why you should send a letter to a political prisoner of the Kremlin
For the sixth year in a row, the LetMyPeopleGo campaign calls to send letters and postcards to the…
Crimean Tatars in the crosshairs of Russia’s war on Muslims
On 16 September, seven more Crimean Tatars from the Crimean peninsula which Russia occupied in 2014 were predictably…
Surviving the “DNR/LNR”. Photo project reveals the horror of captivity
Among the heroes of the photo project called “After Captivity”, there are several well-known prisoners, namely artist Serhiy…
“Our men are rotting alive!”- say wives of Ukrainian POWs held in “DNR/LNR”
Radio Donbas. Realii and the Centre for Civil Liberties have teamed up to work on the “Unforgotten” series,…